Should Martyn Payne have been deported?

Martyn and his family are very frindly,honist people.and cant believe the problems he is having stayn here!i really hope he stays! Martyn,james are really good machinics and have fixed my van great.have told my hole family,friends to use them.martyn has told me twice now on different occasions,out the back or getting gas that all he wants is to fix stuff that comes in and do it good to make people happy and be with his family.i reckn we leave him alone and let him stay!Great guy!!!

So, the Govt wasn't prepared to carry his medical costs, but had no problem accepting his regular tax payments...talk about a one-sided deal

This is for by leaving soon. Good Luck if you think NZ is bad wait until you go to another country. Kiwis are quite tolerate until they feel they aren't getting a fair deal and having a immigrant running down our country certainly ruffles kiwi's feathers. Good luck to you but if you think the grass is greener on the other side you are seriously in for a huge shock.

Agree that the same rules should apply to Martin Payne as to other immigrants. Having said that, every system should be humane and have a bit of flexibility and so I support him in his quest to return to New Zealand. It's a shame though that in many of the reactions in this forum people are being so racist and ignorant about immigrants: 'Asians and Indians' coming in and bleeding the system dry. Yeah right..... Read the statistics about who is on welfare in New Zealand. It's not the Asians.... Even refugees are being mentioned as 'not contributing'. Are you serious? Ever thought about how you would feel when you have to flee from war and other atrocities? Be human for a change!!! Not an Asian or refugee myself, but a highly skilled and qualified Pakehe immigrant. Make that: a dissapointed immigrant, so leaving soon, because New Zealand is not a country I want my kids to grow up in. Too much ignorance and too much narrow minded thinking and not enough tolerance. If you think New Zealand is welcoming to immigrants in general, think again: there is NO support at all and immigrants invest their entire fortune and future in this country. Wake up: you need them with all those educated kiwi's fleeing the country. I sincerely hope all will go well for New Zealand (and I am not talking rugby here), but I have lost my faith in this country.

Is there something that we are not being told about this chap? On the face of it, he must have committed some sort of crime or given reason to suspect that he was a criminal for such draconian treatment. I simply can't accept that based on the facts available so far, he was treated in this way. I'm ashamed to be a kiwi. Bloody ashamed.

Watching parliment on TV one can see a few MPs who should be deported ahead of Mr Payne!

The convicted killer should be sent back home. It should be "not negotiable" that if they are not Citizens and been to jail, they get deported back to where they came from regardless of their circumstance. Our humanity stuff has gone far too far.. Martyn Payne should stay. He went through the correct procedures.

What is this government doing??!! They kick out a hard working, honest man because of a potential heart condition bill which may cost the tax payer (thats you and I), a mere $30,000. But, let a convicted killer stay!! Because they considered the impact his deportation may have on HIS family!!! They have lost all rational thinking if keeping a killer is the preferred choice over a honest, hard working employer!!! John Key, do something to stop this madness!!!

They kept a killer and sent a good man packing, where's the logic in that? It's backwards and doesn't make sense.

What is happening with this country. They deport Mr Payne because he may cost the government health system 25K. Yet they allow a man to stay, who has killed, and cost our government prison system a hell of alot more for the 5 years he had in jail!!! What image is this giving immigrants to N.Z? You are better to do a crime than invest hard earned cash to a business and be a respected member of a coummunity.

Martyn has good business, he is great person,he pays for his madical, he employes kiwis and he has never asked any favor from anyone.
Why NZ Imigration had to deport him...??

Remember Ahmed Zoiue?
He came to NZ, threw his passport and somhow he was famous and he got to stay here, what has he done for NZ?
NZ public had to pay over 1Million for his case.

Lots of refugees came to NZ and they are on the burden on NZ or done nothing for NZ economy.

Immigration Minister needs to wake up and think hard.